Abstract:
Apparatus with flow-through capacitors for the purification of a liquid, which comprises: at least one cell (2) provided with at least one flow-through capacitor (4) provided with two or more electrodes facing each other, between which a liquid to be treated is susceptible to flow; electrical power supply means (13) adapted to supply a direct supply voltage (VA); a modulation circuit (14) connected in input to the electrical power supply means (13) in order to receive the supply voltage (VA) and provided with switches (22′, 22″; 23′, 23″) actuatable to apply at least one operating voltage between the facing electrodes of each capacitor (4). In addition, the present apparatus comprises a control circuit (24) which is connected to the switches (22′, 22″; 23′, 23″) of the modulation circuit (14), and is provided with a control module with pulse width modulation (PWM), which drives the switching of the switches (22′, 22″; 23′, 23″) by power supplying the facing electrodes of each capacitor (4) by means of a pulsed voltage having average value proportional to the aforesaid operating voltage.
Abstract:
Apparatus for purifying a liquid, which comprises a container housing multiple closed cells, each delimited by an anionic membrane and by a cationic membrane, and multiple open cells, susceptible of being traversed by a liquid to be treated and each interposed between two adjacent closed cells. The apparatus also comprises two electrodes which are supplied with supply voltages with reversed polarities in order to push the ionized particles of the liquid into the closed cells during an operating phase, and in order to bring the ionized particles back into the open cells during a regeneration phase. The apparatus also comprises a polymer substance having functional groups with non-zero electric charge, which is contained inside the closed cells in order to create chemical bonds with the ionized particles of the liquid that enter therein.
Abstract:
Apparatus for purifying a fluid, which comprises electrode layers facing each other, power supplied to different polarities with spacer layers interposed, and traversed by a flow of fluid to be treated containing ionized particles. The electrode layers and the spacer layers are wound as a spiral around a longitudinal extension axis inside the suitably cylindrical containment structure. The power supply comprises a pair of collectors that are extended with portions inside the winding connected to the corresponding first internal sides of the electrode layers at the longitudinal extension axis.
Abstract:
Method for treating a fluid containing ionized particles, by means of an apparatus provided with a hydraulic circuit (100) intercepted by an immiscible storage tank and by a cyclically regenerating filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B), connected in parallel to the tank. The following are provided for: a supply pipe connected to the hydraulic circuit (100) upstream of the immiscible storage tank for introducing fluid to be purified and an extraction pipe (9) connected to the hydraulic circuit (100) downstream of the filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B) for conveying purified fluid to the user. The method cyclically comprises a circulation step, in which the fluid circulates through the filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B) and the immiscible tank (2), accumulating in the latter an operating amount of fluid with increasing concentration of ionized particles, and a production step in which an operating amount of fluid to be purified is introduced into the hydraulic circuit (100) by the supply pipe such that an equivalent operating amount of fluid with increasing concentration of ionized particles previously accumulated in the tank is forced to exit from the tank itself and pass through the filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B) in order to be further purified and then drawn by the extraction pipe (9).
Abstract:
Apparatus for purifying a fluid, which comprises electrode layers facing each other, power supplied to different polarities with spacer layers interposed, and traversed by a flow of fluid to be treated containing ionized particles. The electrode layers and the spacer layers are wound as a spiral around a longitudinal extension axis inside the suitably cylindrical containment structure. The power supply comprises a pair of collectors that are extended with portions inside the winding connected to the corresponding first internal sides of the electrode layers at the longitudinal extension axis.
Abstract:
Apparatus (1) for purifying a fluid, which comprises a first ion absorption cell (2), provided with a first chamber, through which a fluid to be treated flows containing cationic particles and anionic particles, and a second (9) and a third (15) chamber respectively containing a first electrode (13) positively charged and a second electrode (18) negatively charged by a first power supply source (14). The first chamber is separated from the second (9) and from the third (15) chamber respectively by means of a first septum (19) and a second septum (20) permeable to the anionic particles and cationic particles of the fluid the to be treated. Extraction means (100) are also provided for continuously removing the anionic particles and the cationic particles respectively absorbed by the first operative slurry and by the second operative slurry.
Abstract:
Apparatus for purifying a fluid, which comprises at least one ion absorption cell (2) with an operating chamber (4, 5) at its interior through which a first operative fluid (F1) flows and an evacuation chamber (13, 13′) through which a second operative fluid (F2, F2′) flows and which is separated from the operating chamber (4,5) by a filtering membrane (100). A porous electrical conductor (18) is housed in the evacuation chamber (13, 13′) and is traversed by the second operative fluid (F2, F2′). Two electrodes (A, B) have the aforesaid operating chamber (4, 5) and evacuation chamber (13, 13′) interposed, and are supplied with opposite polarities in order to generate an operative electric field in the operating chamber (4, 5) and a limited electric field in the evacuation chamber (13, 13′), the latter with value lower than the operative electric field, due to the shielding effect of the porous electrical conductor (18). The charged particles contained in the operating chamber (4, 5) are susceptible of traversing the filtering membrane (100) under the action of the operative electric field generated by the electrodes (A, B), and be evacuated by the second operative fluid (F2, F2′) in the evacuation chamber (13, 13′), in which they are subjected to the action of the limited electric field.
Abstract:
Method for treating a fluid containing ionized particles, by means of an apparatus provided with a hydraulic circuit (100) intercepted by an immiscible storage tank and by a cyclically regenerating filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B), connected in parallel to the tank. The following are provided for: a supply pipe connected to the hydraulic circuit (100) upstream of the immiscible storage tank for introducing fluid to be purified and an extraction pipe (9) connected to the hydraulic circuit (100) downstream of the filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B) for conveying purified fluid to the user. The method cyclically comprises a circulation step, in which the fluid circulates through the filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B) and the immiscible tank (2), accumulating in the latter an operating amount of fluid with increasing concentration of ionized particles, and a production step in which an operating amount of fluid to be purified is introduced into the hydraulic circuit (100) by the supply pipe such that an equivalent operating amount of fluid with increasing concentration of ionized particles previously accumulated in the tank is forced to exit from the tank itself and pass through the filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B) in order to be further purified and then drawn by the extraction pipe (9).
Abstract:
Apparatus for treating a fluid, which comprises a plurality of superimposed cells that are assembled and compressed together to form a stack by fixing means. Each cell comprises at least one chamber delimited by two facing containment layers and provided with an inlet opening and with an outlet opening for the passage of a fluid to be treated. Each chamber perimetrically arranges first sealing means for sealing it with fluid seal and houses at least one electrode layer for treating the fluid. According to the invention, each chamber comprise at least two support layers, e.g. rigid, made of plastic material, each of which being mechanically fixed to one of the two containment layers advantageously formed by the same electrode layers. Hence, first spacer means are provided, interposed between the two support layers of each cell in order to separate, by a first compression end stop distance, the two containment layers of the chamber and prevent excessive compressions of the layers of the cell while ensuring optimal hydraulic seal; and second spacer means are provided, interposed between the support layers of pairs of contiguous cells in order to separate them at a second compression end stop distance aimed to ensure the hydraulic connection between the cells without subjecting the same cells to an excessive compression which varies the internal size thereof in an imprecise manner.
Abstract:
Apparatus for purifying a fluid, which comprises at least one ion absorption cell (2) with an operating chamber (4, 5) at its interior through which a first operative fluid (F1) flows and an evacuation chamber (13, 13′) through which a second operative fluid (F2, F2′) flows and which is separated from the operating chamber (4,5) by a filtering membrane (100). A porous electrical conductor (18) is housed in the evacuation chamber (13, 13′) and is traversed by the second operative fluid (F2, F2′). Two electrodes (A, B) have the aforesaid operating chamber (4, 5) and evacuation chamber (13, 13′) interposed, and are supplied with opposite polarities in order to generate an operative electric field in the operating chamber (4, 5) and a limited electric field in the evacuation chamber (13, 13′), the latter with value lower than the operative electric field, due to the shielding effect of the porous electrical conductor (18). The charged particles contained in the operating chamber (4, 5) are susceptible of traversing the filtering membrane (100) under the action of the operative electric field generated by the electrodes (A, B), and be evacuated by the second operative fluid (F2, F2′) in the evacuation chamber (13, 13′), in which they are subjected to the action of the limited electric field.